PATNA, March 24 -- In a move to enforce its "zero tolerance" policy on corruption, the Bihar government has decided to hand over the auditing of all urban local bodies to auditors empanelled by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).

Deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, who also holds the urban development and housing portfolio, said this to reporters at his office on Tuesday to mark his 100-day in the office. "Till now auditing of all urban local bodies was being done by chartered accountants. From now on, CAG-empanelled auditors will carry out the auditing of every ULB," he told reporters at a press conference in his official chamber.

The audits will follow the provisions of the National Municipal Accounts Manual, Sinha added. ...